John Willis
Eyewitness to a standoff
A Marlboro College professor reports from the front lines of the water protest in North Dakota over the Dakota Access Pipeline project
Nov. 22: I awoke today unsettled, two days after the bridge action in which more than 300 water protectors required medical attention due to clear police overreaction to prayerful demonstration.
The evening conflict began when a small group from Oceti Sakowin Camp took it upon themselves to begin unblocking the Route 1806 bridge. The police-supported blockade of the highway has been in effect since Oct. 27.
Standing firm
A Marlboro College professor and three students deliver local contributions to the Standing Rock Sioux protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline
Recently, we returned from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and the protest there against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline is being constructed to carry crude oil from North Dakota southward to Illinois. It would run the oil underneath the Missouri and Cannonball rivers, the main water source for...